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Protesters leiden bij kampen op vóór de top van Japan G8

Maandag, 7 Juli, 2008
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Door Danielle Demetriou | Het flailing van Dreadlocks in de wind, de man zond een woeste schreeuw uit aangezien hij de stille landsteeg naar me reduceerde, die een bamboestok in elke hand brandishing.

Normaal, zou ik draaien en zou vluchten. Maar wij waren zowel speelrollen in een opleidingsoefening voor demonstratiesystemen die voor de top van de Maandag G8 in Hokkaido in noordelijk Japan voorbereidingen treffen, als mijn eigen gezicht werden behandeld door een dreigende revolutionaire sjaal.

Duizenden protesters hebben gemarcheerd, gedanst en trommelden hun manier door de straten dichtbij een hoogst beveiligd hotel op het verre Meer Toya waar de leiders zullen samenkomen.

Voor vele mensen, is de nadruk reeds van de houding van Gordon Brown bij de klimaatverandering en de inhoud van de garderobe van Carla Bruni's in de studenten, landbouwers verschoven, vakbondsleden en de anarchisten die werkzaamheden de de proberen te onderbreken.

Japan, waar dergelijke protest opleidingskampen nooit voordien zijn opgezet, neemt de bedreiging zeer ernstig: het heeft 40.000 bewapende politie over het land opgesteld en £142 miljoen aan veiligheid besteed.

De politie heeft drie demonstratiesystemen na boos handgemeen, met inbegrip van de schijf-jockey op een mobiele protestvlotter gearresteerd.

Protesters hebben zorgvuldig hun reactie in een landelijk kamp in nabijgelegen Tobetsu gepland.

Het programma behandelt directe actieworkshops, de besprekingen van de protesttactiek, wettelijke adviserende opleiding, marionet het maken, voetbaltoernooien en het trommelen zittingen.

Onder het mom van Westelijke protester, infiltreerde de Telegraaf het kamp, dat een strikt „geen media“ beleid aanhangt.

Het was een minieme gang 20 door groene gebieden die door mist-gehulde bergen en miezerige hemelen worden gesteund. Maar aangezien het koord van kleurrijke tenten in mening kwam, kon een auto ook in de afstand worden gezien, die door politie die in burger wordt bemand een waakzaam oog op werkzaamheden houdt.

Het kamp werd geplaatst in de gronden van een vroegere school, waar de flourescent anti-G8 banners die in de wind en een groot teken worden gefladderd lezen: „Alternatief dorp.“

Binnen een ontvangsttent, slouched twee Japanse activisten op een bank, deelden een lijst van regels uit en vroegen politely om een dagelijkse (£7) schenking Y1,500 helpen het kamp in werking stellen.

Ongeveer drie kwart protesters is Japans van een verscheidenheid van achtergronden, met inbegrip van vakbondsleden, landbouwers, activisten, en de Japanse Communistische partij.

Many of them are students, but there were plenty of older Japanese citizens as well, including Hiroshi Tsuchira, 71, a retired airport worker.

“Life is difficult for people in Japan and I have never been to march this big before but it is important for people to hear our voice,” he said. “Our future will not be good if it lies in the hands of the G8 leaders.”

Other activists came from San Francisco, London and Nantes.

They included people from charities like Oxfam and more riotous protesters from a French anarcho-syndicalist commune.

“We are protesting against a structure of capitalism that has been created by the G8 summit,” said Nakata-san, a political science student from Tokyo. “We want to create our own ideal system in this campsite community.”

Despite its anarchic credentials, the campsite offers a perfect template of Japan’s renowned organisational skills. Neat piles of placards, T-shirts and recycling bins line the entrance, while leaflets offer advice on protest etiquette.

Japanese bamboo flute music is as prominent as punk rock on the internal sound system, which also broadcasts sudden and surreal messages: “Will volunteers please help peel vegetables for dinner!” or “Rave party in the gym at 5pm!”

The gym is a vast space filled with piles of anti-G8 banners and brightly coloured protest “puppets” – including eight wooden creations on sticks emblazoned with skulls on one side and the faces of G8 leaders on the other.

And there are many meetings. After a long discussion about colour-coded washing-up bowls and whether sheets should be used with futons, the cultural differences suddenly came to light.

“Is there nothing else to talk about?” muttered Sarah, a straight-talking activist who spent two months travelling overland to Japan from London. “I’m stunned.”

Beneath the veneer of domesticity, serious training sessions are under way for the 1,000 protesters at three camps near Lake Toya.

One teaches how to avoid arrest. “It was hands on, direct and practical,” said James, a 19-year-old Cambridge undergraduate. “It’s useful for people who want to go to these protests and make an impact without getting arrested.”

From intricate diagrams of where to stand in a crowd to stunts like dressing up as clowns, the discussions are painstakingly detailed.

For protesters who need to sleep, there are tents or, for an additional fee, three neatly organised rooms, equipped with futons and blankets.

And for those too hungry to continue training on behalf of the world’s poor, there are delicious vegan meals of curry, risotto, seaweed salad and fresh fruit prepared by a “food collective” that also works around the clock to make fresh hemp bread from cannabis seeds.

Late arrivals were disappointed to learn that they had missed the last of the direct action workshops laid on over previous days. They were masterminded by Lisa Fithian, an American activist - and so fearful are the Japanese authorities over the risk of disruption to the summit that she was reportedly only allowed into the country on condition that she left before the summit had even begun.



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